I love to solve problems by writing some code and in my opinion, great software starts with the right tools. So here is a list of tools I use professionally to write (hopefully 🙀) great software:

Some might be pretty obvious ;)

Git https://git-scm.com

• version control

GitHub https://github.com

• CI/CD
• Issues
• great octocat images:

AzureDevOps https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/devops

• CI/CD
• Boards https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/devops/boards

JetBrains Suite https://www.jetbrains.com/products.html

Toolbox

• update and install JetBrains products
• launch projects from the "Projects" tab 🌟

Rider

• for C# development
• (really, give it a try. It's Visual Studio on steroids)

PHP Storm

• you guessed it, its made for PHP

GoLand

• for go (what a surprise)

DataGrip

• for SQL connections to various databases (MySQL, MongoDB, MsSql, MariaDB, MySql)
• learn one tool => rule them all

Visual Studio https://visualstudio.microsoft.com

• C++ development (I have some issues with CLion here)

GitKraken Git GUI https://www.gitkraken.com/git-client

• It's great UI and easy structure help me get my head around git pretty well :D

Postman https://www.postman.com

• REST requests
• documentation
  • by importing the swagger OpenAPI Specification 3.x <= this is love 💗

NOSQLBooster for MongoDB https://nosqlbooster.com

MongoDB Compass https://www.mongodb.com/products/compass

• I use multiple tools to access MongoDB because I haven't (yet) found the tool with all features I want :D

Windows Terminal https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/windows-terminal/9n0dx20hk701

• restored my love for Windows
• PowerShell 7 is also very nice! https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell

PowerToys https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys

PowerToys Run ALT + SPACE opens a run window https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/wiki/PowerToys-Run-Overview

FancyZones

• to arrange windows on my 21:9 Philips Monitor (yep, the wide screens are worth the price!) https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/wiki/FancyZones-Overview

LockHunter https://lockhunter.com

• A small tool that shows me what process locks a file if I want to delete it.

Docker https://www.docker.com/

• With WSL 2 enabled => Developer Love https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/wsl2-index

VS Code https://code.visualstudio.com

• Markdown editing, file editing

nomacs | Image Lounge https://nomacs.org

• Great image viewer, definitely better than the windows default image viewer.

SpeedCrunch https://speedcrunch.org/

• a great alternative for the windows calculator

Winmerge https://winmerge.org

• compare different files (old, but gold)

Grammarly https://app.grammarly.com/

• because my grammar sucks

Dev.To

Because I ❤️ the community 🧍🧍‍♀️

And now it's your turn. What tools enable you to write great software?
What tools do you particularly like and how do you use them?
Let me know in the comments!